International Trade March 2022
Exports rose by $12.9 billion, led by an increase in other petroleum products, crude oil, fuel oil, and natural gas […]
Exports rose by $12.9 billion, led by an increase in other petroleum products, crude oil, fuel oil, and natural gas […]
The ISM Manufacturing Index slowed to 55.4 in April, missing the consensus expected 57.6. (Levels higher than 50 signal expansion; […]
Ultimately, inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, as the late great economist Milton Friedman used to say. And […]
Personal income rose 0.5% in March ( 0.9% including revisions to prior months), beating the consensus expected 0.4%. Personal consumption […]
Real GDP declined at a 1.4% annual rate in Q1, widely lagging the consensus expected +1.0% rate. The largest negative […]
New single-family home sales declined 8.6% in March to a 0.763 million annual rate, narrowly missing the consensus expected 0.768 […]
New orders for durable goods rose 0.8% in March (+1.2% including revisions to prior months), versus a consensus expected +1.0%. […]
No one can say that the Federal Reserve can’t do the impossible. At long last observers from across the political […]
Existing home sales declined 2.7% in March to a 5.770 million annual rate, matching consensus expectations. Sales are down 4.5% […]
View from the Observation Deck 1. In Q4’21, S&P 500 Industrials (Old) cash and equivalents stood at $1.80 trillion (see […]
Housing starts increased 0.3% in March to a 1.793 million annual rate, easily beating the consensus expected 1.740 million. Starts […]
Real GDP, in the US, grew 5.5% in 2021, the fastest growth for any calendar year since the Reagan Boom […]